Now reports are saying that Mark Sanchez will be the backup to McElroy. However, if Sanchez, Tebow and McElroy are active, Ryan and the Jets wouldn’t be required to announce their No. 2 and No. 3 designations.

Earlier in the week the New York Daily News reported that Tebow, a former first-round pick, who was acquired this offseason to back up Sanchez, will request to be traded or released after the season if McElroy starts the final game of the year.